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quickened and I began putting aside
a sum for restitution. Last week I
found a letter you lost, written to
Mrs. Percival-detailing the success
of your 'scheme.' I have sold out my
business to make up the full.amount
which I wish you to return to Mr.
PercivaL
"I have my punishment and I de
serve it I fancied at one time you
loved me. In view of your 'scheme
I see. you only had contempt for me.
I shall always love you. At least, I
am a better man for knowing you.
Good-by."
Her heart went out toward this
misguided but repentant man. It
was strange, but, either reckless or
heedless, Arlington was run down by
an automobile that evening.
It was Helena who nursed him
back to health. She could not re
sent his pleadings when convales
cence came. And out of her intended
great sacrifice for dear friends there
came the deferred happiness of her
lifetime.
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4,000,000 VOTES TO, BE SWUNG
BY PARTY OF WOMEN
How will the 4,273,000 voting
women of the U. S. cast their ballots
November 4?
- If some anxious presidential can
didate wants to know let him ask the
Woman's party. This non-political
party is, according to its leaders, go
ing to send the next president to the
white house.
The Woman's party, now fully or
ganized and ready to be launched on
the political seas June 5, expects to
be able to swing the woman vote to
that party which inserts in its -platform
a plank advocating the Susan
B. Anthony amendment to the na
tional constitution.
"We do not want a mere declara
tion of prineipal," says Miss Doris
Stevens of the Congressional Union
for Woman Suffrage.
"We want a definite statement
from the Republican and Progressive ,
convention and we' want it in .lie
form of platform planks.
"We know where the Democrats
stand they stand against the
amendment, so far we want to
know where the Progressive and the
Republican .parties stand, and the
women will vote accordingly. Roone
velt has declared himself in favor of
the Susan B. Anthony amendment;
we want the Progressive party to
make a similar statement"
Republican party leaders have been
sphinx-like in their attitude toward
suffrage.
Chaplain for Woman's Party
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.MOVIE GOSSIP
Jean Sothern and Howard Esta
brook co-star in a new serial deal
ing with psychology and psychics,
called the "Mysteries of Myra." It
is being produced by the Whartons.
Earle Williams, Vitagraph, is get
ting loads of mail from all sorts of
places over the globe. His corre
spondents lay claim to relationship
with him and admit that they would
accept a present of mpney. -
Harry Hilliard, who appears with
Vivian Martin in "A Modern Thel
ma," is bothered by mash notes he
gets from girl admirers. He was
more than usually disgusted the
other day when one girl said he look
ed like a."large, sad-eyed cMldj"
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